Hey guys,

I wanted to share this little quote with all of you because it moved me and really made me think. It was part of a letter written by one of my advisers here at college.

"Poetry is what stirs your fundamental being. It is you at your most imaginative. It is the passion to prevail and excel. It is the motive force behind you. Poetry is the creation of a life and mind: a life lived purposefully and purposely created by you, though you don’t always understand the creation as it unfolds. It is the form you make for the content and that which impels you to imagine the form. So at times like this, I hope you will believe that you are the creator of your destiny, the molder of your own mind. We, your mentors, merely offer and help explain the content; internalizing it, making it your own, that's the hard work but identifies you as the poet of your own creation."

As a statement, it's kind of poetic. As a poet, it moved me a lot to take a different look at things and open my eyes a little bit. I hope it somehow moves you all too.

~*~Poison~*~